Upcoming lidl impact wrench 26th september 20v

Ganga

Never had a nut that tight that a breaker bar will not move or snap off.impact wrenches are great for releasing large number of bolts/nuts to speed up jobs.
If you have to buy a impact wrench buy the best that you can afford as cheap ones will not last or do a good job on stubborn bolts/nuts.

EdGasketTheSecond

Ganga wrote: »

Never had a nut that tight that a breaker bar will not move

They don't do pulley bolts as you end up just winding up the clutch springs (unless you lock the flywheel first); but an impact gun is great for pulley bolts as you don't need to waste time locking up the flywheel.

Nobbie1967

seatbeltnoob wrote: »

Hi

I really needed an impact wrench for taking off the lower control arm. Unfortunately i only had a breaker bar, despite being 60cm long i coukd not get the big nut off of it to take it off to change the bush.

Ended up having to take it to a mechanic who charged £45 per side to for the job.

Lidl have this really cheap one for sale. I was wondering if the spec on these are any good.

https://www.lidl.co.uk/en/p/car-essentials/parkside-20v-cordless-vehicle-impact-wrench/p25478

They have a corded one too at 500nm

Looks like the same body as the 10.8v 300nM one I bought. Great for undoing wheel bolts, but not really upto anything serious. Mine seem to be failing now as it often just spins rather than impacting.

Joe_Horner

EdGasketTheSecond wrote: »

They don't do pulley bolts as you end up just winding up the clutch springs

Except on my old Triumph 1300, where the standard method was apply big bar, brace against chassis leg, hit starter motor

fred990

seatbeltnoob wrote: »

The dewalt has over 1000nm+ but it comes at a price.

Very nearly bought one recently with two batteries. Not cheap as you say.
Was disappointed to find YouTube reviews and forum posts saying that in some cases they struggled/stalled with wheel nuts! The Milwaukee version got rave reviews, big bucks though.

seatbeltnoob

I got the lidl one, grabbed the last one from the store. The bins next to it wth the corded ones looks completely untouched.

seatbeltnoob

fred990 wrote: »

Very nearly bought one recently with two batteries. Not cheap as you say.
Was disappointed to find YouTube reviews and forum posts saying that in some cases they struggled/stalled with wheel nuts! The Milwaukee version got rave reviews, big bucks though.

That's very unlikely, did you get a variety of different reviews, and are you sure it's their 1000nm model? They make various ones at different specs.


I never used an impact wrench before, there was someone trying to undo wheel bolts with lidl impact driver. He/it struggled a bit, and everyone in the comments was tearing him a new one because he was trying to do it one handed and ofcourse it didn't work well because the tool didn't have anything to kick off against.

fred990

seatbeltnoob wrote: »

That's very unlikely, did you get a variety of different reviews, and are you sure it's their 1000nm model? They make various ones at different specs.

It was the dcf899, 1/2 hog ring @ 950nm. Breakaway tq (IIRC) nearly twice that?
The 'reviews' though were compered to american products!! Still looking into one though.

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I just bought the mains one



More importantly, they have possibly the greatest gadget ever invented for £1.99, a microfibre cloth on a stick. Now I can actually wipe the mist off my windscreen from the driving seat, like in The Olden Days (when everything was better). My windscreen is about 6 feet away, and being a [STRIKE]Renault[/STRIKE] Nissan, the air-con broke years ago, and it mists up instantly if I breathe out.